‘Avengers: Endgame’ Moved Up in Crowded Year for Superheroes

  • Marvel Studios releases first trailer for the sequel
  • Film links together Disney’s sprawling cinematic universe

Walt Disney Co. offered the first peek at “Avengers: Endgame” and moved up its release date, navigating a crowded year for superhero movies that may serve as the ultimate test of Marvel’s appeal.

The “Endgame” film, the fourth cinematic chapter in the tale of the universe-saving team of superheroes, is now set to debut on April 26. (It had been slated for May 3.) Another of Disney’s Marvel movies, “Captain Marvel,” is coming out in March, so there’s likely to be significant overlap in theaters.